Malcolm L. MacGregor, Esq.
Founding Partner
Phone
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Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home
- Motor Vehicle including Truck, Bus, Motorcycle, and ATV Accident Litigation
- Workers’ Compensation
- Premises Liability
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1990
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1993
Professional Associations
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice , Past President/Member, 1990 to Present
- Lackawanna Bar Association, Past President/Member, 1990 to Present
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Civil Litigation Council, Young Lawyers’ Division, Zone 5 Hours of Delegate Member, Chair, 1990 to Present
- Federal Bar Association’s Middle District Chapter, Past President, 2000 to 2008
- Lawyers’ Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Best Lawyers’ in America, 2015 to 2022
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Invitee
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
- Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” Philadelphia Magazine/Law & Politics, 2015 to 2022
Biography
Malcolm L. MacGregor is a Founding Partner in the law firm of McDonald & MacGregor, LLC, in Scranton. Malcolm offers more than 30 years of experience in the trial and settlement of significant personal injury cases, helping to put the lives of injury victims back together. A graduate of the University of Scranton, Attorney MacGregor earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 1986. He went on to complete his legal studies earning his Juris Doctorate from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in Washington, D.C., in 1989.
Attorney MacGregor has successfully obtained numerous seven-figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of victims of injury throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania, including medical negligence settlements of 7.4 Million (Birth Trauma), 6.5 Million (Anesthesia) and 4.5 Million (Neurosurgery). Attorney MacGregor and his Partner, Michael McDonald, obtained a 5.4 Million verdict in a Wrongful Death, Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer lawsuit, which remains the highest verdict ever obtained in a medical malpractice case in Monroe County and was one of the highest verdicts obtained in a medical malpractice case in Pennsylvania that year. Irrespective of the size of the case, Attorney MacGregor prides himself on providing compassionate, wise and dedicated legal service to those he is honored to represent.
In addition to his active law practice and in recognition of our responsibility to our Trial bar, Attorney MacGregor has shared his experience and knowledge with others in the legal community through a series of seminars, presentations and publications for fellow attorneys and those in litigation related fields on behalf of The Pennsylvania Association for Justice, The Pennsylvania Bar Association, The Lackawanna Bar Association, The Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and The Committee for Justice for All of Northeastern Pennsylvania. An active member of our regional legal community including the Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, Mr. MacGregor is also an Invitee, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, for Attorneys Settling Cases in Excess of One Million Dollars, recognized by Best Lawyers for his professional skills, member Inductee, Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers and has been recognized as a “Pennsylvania Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics/Philadelphia Magazine. Attorney MacGregor has served as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Council. He is also a Past President of the Federal Bar Association’s Middle District Chapter and a court appointee to the Lawyer Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is also a Past President of the Lackawanna Bar Association and Past President of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice which is the association for trial attorneys in the state of Pennsylvania.
Malcolm and his wife, Ann, reside in North Abington Township, and are the proud parents of four children. Malcolm can be reached at [email protected] or 570-209-8893.
Education
- Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
- Juris Doctorate – 1989
- Honors: Letter of Distinction – Advocacy
- University of Scranton
- Bachelor of Arts – 1986
- Major: Communications
Honors
- Invitee, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
- Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer”, Law & Politics/Philadelphia Magazine, 2005 – 2022
- Best Lawyers in America, 2015 – 2022
Classes/Seminars
- Medical Malpractice – Lifting the Veil of Secrecy on Physician Peer Review Records
- Medical Malpractice – Electronic Medical Records, Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- Medical – Legal Relations, Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- Powerpoint – Maximizing Damages, Lackawanna Bar Association
- Mediation/Settlement of Civil Cases, The Committee for Justice for All National Business Institute
Pro-Bono Activities
- Lackawanna Pro Bono Volunteer, 2000 to Present
- Wills for Heroes Volunteer, 2013 to Present
Current Employment
- Managing Partner
Employment
- McDonald & MacGregor, LLC, Managing Partner/Trial Counsel, 2011 to Present
- Foley, McLane, Foley, McDonald & MacGregor, P.C., Partner/Trial Counsel, 1990 to 2011
- Waverly Township, PA, Solicitor, 2020 to Present
- Glenborn Township, PA, Solicitor, 1995 to 2020
- North Abington Township, PA, Zoning Hearing Board, Solicitor, 2010 to 2016
- Clarks Summit Borough, Solicitor